FBI picks up John ‘Lick’ Daghita, contractor accused of $46M BTC theft
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The government contractor’s son accused of stealing cryptocurrency assets seized by the U.S. government has been apprehended in the Caribbean through the collaboration of the FBI and the French authorities. ZachXBT first caught on to John Daghita’s alleged crime after he bragged and showed off his stolen wealth in a Telegram group chat. Daghita was arrested with multiple hardware wallets and stacks of $100 bills. How did a government contractor’s son access millions in seized Bitcoin? John “Lick” Daghita, a government contractor’s son accused of a massive crypto heist, is now in custody following an international manhunt that reached a dramatic conclusion in the Caribbean. The FBI confirmed that Daghita was apprehended on the island of Saint Martin through the collaborative efforts of the FBI and the French Gendarmerie’s premier elite tactical unit. FBI Director Kash Patel announced the arrest on Thursday, March 5, 2026, via social media, stating that the FBI will work 24/7 with international partners to “track down, apprehend, and bring to justice those who attempt to defraud American taxpayers.” During the arrest, authorities found Daghita with a metal briefcase containing stacks of $100 bills, multiple hardware wallets, and several USB drives. Cryptopolitan previously reported that the incident started at a Virginia-based firm called Command Services & Support (CMDSS) owned by Dean Daghita, the father of the suspect. CMDSS holds an active IT contract with the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) that specifically tasks the company with helping the government manage and dispose of seized or forfeited cryptocurrency assets. Because of this position, the firm had access to wallets that held billions of dollars in digital assets taken from major criminal cases, including the infamous 2016 Bitfinex hack. John Daghita then used his access to obtain the information needed to move funds from government-controlled wallets into his own.…
Filed under: News - @ March 5, 2026 10:24 pm